Massage and stimulating implement.



PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906.

H. J. ROTH. MASSAGE AND STIMULATING IMPLEMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 20, 1906.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Application filed September 20, 1906. Serial No. 335,855.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. Born, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Massa e and Stimulating Implements, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device having a main and interchangeable parts which together are adapted tobe used as a massage and stimulating implement to different arts of the human body for reducing or bui ding up the flesh according to the manner of its application and manipulation, and the device of'my invention may be supplemented by the addition thereto and coaction therewith of an electric current supplied by a suitable battery.

In carryin out my invention I employ a hollow glob ar elastic body or rubber bulb secured at its neck to a recessed sleeve. Passing through said sleeve is a tubular metal member forming a support or socket for a tubular extension of a removable massage-cup, which is interchangeable with other similar instruments of varying sizes, all of which are adapted to fit within the aforesaid tubular socket member.

I also rovide a cap surrounding the tubular mem er and neck of the rubber bulb and a rubber sleeve also surrounding the tubular socket member and employed to facilitate the grip of the hand on the instrument and to provide an insulation when using the instrument in connection with electrical treatment, as will be hereinafter moreparticularly described.

In the drawings, Figure 1' is a central longitudinal cross-section and partial elevation of my improved massage iln lement. Fig. 2 is an elevation taken at rig t angles to the position of the instrument as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line a; as of Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are elevations, respectively, of modified forms of the massage-cup. Fig. 6 is an elevation and partial section of an interchangeable im lement, and Fig. 7 is a plan of the same. 1g. 3 is of enlarged size for clearness.

Referring articularly) to the drawin s, a designates aollow glo ular elastic bo y or rubber bulb provided, as is customary, with a neck 0.. Within the neck a of the rubber bulb a I emplo a sleeve 7), whose outersurface is periphera y recessed at b, thereby providing a means by which the said neck a may be securely fastened to the sleeve 1) by a connectingwire 2 or otherwise.

a designates a tubular socket member adapted to it within the sleeve 1), and this tubular member 0 is preferably flared at the inner end, whereby the same may be connected to the said sleeve 1).

Surrounding the tubular socket member a and adjacent to the outer end of the sleeve 1) I employ a cap cl, adapted to cover the Joint between the neck a of the bulb a an the sleeve 1).

e designates a massage-cup, which is preferably made 'of metal and may be cylindrical,

as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4, and 5, or of other configuration, as occasion may require.

Each of-the massa e-cu s e is open at one end and provided at t e ot er with a tubular extension e, adapted to fit within the tubular socket member 0 in such a manner as to make a good electric connection therewith, if this should be required.

I also employ a rubber sleeve, (indicated at If) adapted to fit over the outer end of the tu ular socket member 0. and a binding-post 9, connected with grips g, adapted to encircle and contact with the said tubular socket member 0, the sleeve f bearing at one end against the outer grip g and contacting at the otherend with the under surface of the massage-cu e, and this sleeve f practically limits the istance the tubular extension 6 of the massage-cup e may be inserted in the tubular socket members.

Now it will be apparent that by depressing the sides of the rubber bulb afor instance, tov the extent indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1and placing the peri hery of the massage-cu e against the sur ace of the skin, then re easin the rubber bulb a, a partial vacuum will e created therein suflicient to slightly distend that portion of the skin with n the walls of the massage-cup, and, further, that the extent of the distension may be readily regulated by the amount of pressure lied to the bulb, and, referring to the t-hand end of Fig. 1, the amount of this of the skin is illustrated by the P rig distension dotted line, the portion 'y thereof indicating the normal surface of t 6 skin, and the portion line 2 thereof, the extentto which the same is distended beneath the massage-cup.

It will also be a parent that by gripping the instrument at he sleeve f the same may be readily moved over the surface of the skin,

causing the different parts thereof to become successively distended, or, in other words, causing a distension-wave, and that by at the same time applying a sli ht pull to the instrument this treatment lias a tendency to stimulate a growth of or increase in flesh,

and, onthe other hand, byapplying a slight pressure to the instrument the treatment has a tendency to reduce the flesh, and, furthermore, it will be apparent that this device may be employed to eradicate Wrinkles and to remedy numerous other blemishes of the cated at h and shown in Figs. 6 and 7) com-' prises a shank adapted at one end to fit within the tubular socket member 0 and is re-' duced at the other end and in whose extremity is a small taperin hole, (indicated at h,) and as aforesaid in t is connection the electric battery, (indicated at 3,) a handle 4, and line-wires 5 and 6 are employed, one end of the wire 5 being connected to the bindingpost 9, the other end to one terminal of the battery 3, the wire 6 being connected at one end to the other terminal of the battery 3 and at the other end to the handle 4, whereby it will be apparent that in grasping the handle 4 in one hand and manipulating the instrument with the other an electric current may be closed between the parts of the body to be treated.

The electric current is also an important factor in the massage and stimulating treatment with the cups hereinbefore described, as the stimulatin action produced by the current and sup emented by the massagemanipulation acting together produce the best results.

of insulating material forming seems I claim as my invention- 1. 'A massage implement comprising a 7 rubber bulb and the neck thereof, a peripherally-recessed sleeve, means for securing the same within the neck of the rubber bulb, a tubular socket member secured within the said sleeve and a massage device adapted to be connected to the said tubular socket member.

2. A massage implement comprising a rubber bulb and the neck thereof, a peripherally-recessed sleeve, means for connecting the same to the said neck of the rubber bulb, a tubular socket member secured to the said sleeve, a binding-post electrically connected to the said. tubular socket member, a sleeve a grip and fitting over the outer end of t c said tubular socket member and a massage device adapted to fit within and to be electrically connected to the said tubular socket member.

3. A massage implement comprising a rubber bulb and the neck thereof, a peripherally-recessed sleeve, means for securing the same within the neck of therubber bulb, a I

tubular socket member secured within the said sleeve, amassage-cup and a tubular extension connected therewith and adapted to fit within the said tubular socket member.

4. A massage implement comprising a rubber bulb and the neck thereof, a peripherally-recessed sleeve, means for connecting the same to the said neck of the rubber bulb, a tubular socket member secured to thesaid sleeve, a bindin -post electrically connected v to the said tubu ar-socket member, a sleeve of insulating material forming a gri and fitting over the outer end of the sai tubular socket member, a massage-cup and 'atubular extension secured thereto and adapted to fit within said tubular socket member and to contact electrically therewith.

Signed by me this 11th day of September,

' HENRY J. ROTH. Witnesses:

A. H. SERRELL, E. ZAGHARIASEN. 

